Meaning & use
finagle
To obtain or achieve something by clever, indirect, or slightly dishonest means.
See it in a sentence
He managed to finagle a front-row seat by chatting up the usher.
She finagled an extra day off by rearranging her meeting schedule.
A note on using this word
Finagle is informal and usually implies mild trickery rather than serious wrongdoing; it is often used playfully.
Words with a similar meaning
wanglemaneuver
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